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| Keywords: X-1B on Lakebed DVIDS745457.jpg en The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1B rocket-powered research aircraft one of the growth versions of the original X-1 series is shown in this 1957 photo on the bed of Rogers Dry Lake adjacent to the NACA High-Speed Flight Station The X-1B offered an ideal testbed for a test reaction control installation In November 1957 NACA technicians finished installing reaction controls on the X-1B NACA test pilot Neil A Armstrong made three flights in the airplane to experience the reaction controls performance Since cracks in the fuel tanks of the X-1B forced its grounding in 1958 reaction control research shifted to the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter The Bell X-1B was a second-generation X-1 used by the U S Air Force for pilot familiarization before being turned over to NACA in December 1954 The X-1B had a modified fuselage with greater capacity for fuel tanks an improved cockpit and a turbopump fuel system as compared with the X-1 The NACA used the X-1B primarily for aerodynamic heating and reaction-control research from 1956 to 1958 The aircraft was fitted with special instrumentation for exploratory aerodynamic heating tests It had over 300 thermocouples installed on it The X-1B was the first aircraft to fly with a reaction-control system; a prototype of the reaction-control system used on the X-15 and other piloted test aircraft The X-1B was given to the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Dayton Ohio on January 27 1959 for preservation and display This aircraft completed a total of 27 glide and powered flights by eight U S Air Force and two NACA test pilots Second-generation X-1 aircraft were 35 8 feet long and had a wingspan of approximately 28 feet NASA Identifier NIX-E-4097 2009-09-23 Glenn Research Center https //www dvidshub net/image/745457 745457 2012-10-18 06 10 WASHINGTON DC US PD-USGov Aircraft at Rogers Dry Lake Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ Bell X-1 | ||||
